Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a tough choice here. I absolutely adore Rebecca Howe and the beloved, late Kirstie Alley’s portrayal of her is fantastic.

How many other shows, after all, could not only survive the death of a main cast member (Nicholas Colasanto during season 3) and the departure of a fan favorite (Shelley Long abruptly left after ...

The NBC comedy Cheers experienced many changes over 11 seasons. It lost some cast members and gained new ones. One constant was always Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), the Cheers waitress. No matter who ...

'Cheers' director James Burrows explains how casting Ted Danson as Sam Malone changed the character's sport and name. A runner up got his own NBC show years later. “One of the finalists for the ...

On Thanksgiving Day 1986, Cheers aired “Thanksgiving Orphans,” an episode that garnered emphatic praise - and angry letters. By this point, Cheers was one of the most-watched shows on television, ...

Ted Danson is a prolific actor, but certainly no prophet. The Cheers star recalled being "dead wrong" about most of his instincts while on the sitcom from 1982–1993, including the casting of one of ...

When Woody Harrelson first joined the cast of “Cheers,” Ted Danson committed a lot of time trying to “outdo” his new cast member. While talking with “Cheers” co-creator and director James Burrows on ...

"Cheers might have been everything in the beginning of my career, but family is everything, everything,” the Marvelous and the Black Hole actress tells PEOPLE Forty years later, Rhea Perlman still ...

"Cheers" paved the way for many similar sitcoms that came after it. The show, running through much of the ‘80s into the early ’90s, is introduced to new fans to this day, with it living on various ...

Cheers has been a popular Boston bar for years, but even a beloved institution with tourist appeal isn't immune to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cheers location at Faneuil Hall ...